Rob McLoughlin is a multi-award-winning broadcaster, producer, executive and creator.He is best known as the presenter of political, current affairs and election programmes on ITV Granada. He won the Scoop of the Year Award in the 02 Media Awards in 2015 for a special edition of an ITV political series. In the same year he was appointed an OBE in the New Year's Honours for Services to Broadcasting.

The Government has said that local authorities should take all possible steps to avoid unnecessary deaths on the streets and take prompt action to make sure that all rough sleepers have access to shelter, especially during extreme cold weather.